German Brands Top EU List Of Most Dangerous Vehicles

In *my* view, the conclusions are out of line.

If you want to make sure you never make a mistake, don't ever try anything new! With every change comes the opportunity for unexpected and undesired outcomes.

With respect to German vehicles being "dangerous", the risk that something *might* happen, and a subsequent recall, is not telling the whole story. I remember reading a news story of a car whose front wheels could fall off. Horror of horrors, that's serious! Imagine doing 60 mph and suddenly a front wheel departs. Well, the details were omitted: If the driver have the steering wheel turned to the extreme, and they reversed at high speed, and the front wheels hit a major obstruction such as a parking curb that's just low enough to pass beneath the car but shaped in a way as to deliver maximum impact, then the affected wheel *MIGHT* come off. The number of people who experienced this: 1 (one). However, the automaker took this seriously, affected a fix, and recalled all vehicles that might be affected, just to make sure.

In *my* view, if you want to identify vehicles that are truly dangerous:
- Peg those who don't get top marks in crash test ratings (mostly non-German)
- List those whose user interface is complex or not well suited for real-time interaction
- Identify those with suboptimal handling characteristics during evasive maneuvers (mostly economy cars) and those with longer stopping distances

But as we know, doing that sort of investigation requires more time, effort, and thinking than simply looking at recall notices, assessing the severity of the risk while ignoring the probability of the risk materializing, and then lambasting those makers.

"With great power comes great responsibility."